Honorary service supports a public process.
An election requires more than ballots and boxes. People on site need to check, issue, record and eventually count. Honorary election helpers perform specific duties as members of the electoral board.
This question places more emphasis on honorary service than the similarly worded question 105. The correct activity remains the same. Learn the action “counting votes”, rather than merely an answer position. A longer introduction does not change the task.
The other three answers
A helping role has defined limits. The alternatives mix up different activities.
They help children and elderly people with voting.
Children cannot vote in federal elections. Older adults do not automatically need help. Permitted personal assistance follows specific rules and never replaces the eligible voter’s own choice.
They write cards and letters with the polling station information.
Notifications naming the polling station are part of administrative election preparation. The honorary duty asked about here is the later count performed by the electoral board.
They pass on interim results to journalists.
Helpers count after voting has ended. This option instead describes giving interim tallies to journalists, which is not the task sought.
Honorary service still has rules and may involve allowances.
The German word “ehrenamtlich” describes public service outside an ordinary paid employment relationship. An allowance may be available. People can also be appointed; the catalogue’s English word “volunteer” should not be read as saying that every appointment is purely voluntary.
An assistant may help under the legal conditions and must keep the choice confidential. This is a specific role chosen by the voter, not general permission for election helpers to cast other people’s votes.
Serving on an electoral board · Federal Returning Officer ↗Electoral-board service: organise, check, then count.
Questions 105 and 106 share the same core: counting after polling closes.
Three words for this question
- ehrenamtlichin an honorary role
- Serving a public or community role outside an ordinary employment relationship for that task.
- berufento appoint
- To designate someone officially for a particular role.
- die Aufwandsentschädigungexpense allowance
- Compensation for expenses or effort, not automatically an ordinary salary.